Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Fringe Binge 2016 Show #2 - Zoe Lyons: Little Misfit at Dining Room @ Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh, 17-Aug-16 at 1900

Ms. Lyons should be familiar to most panel comedy-show addicts and her show was good fun if oddly unmemorable, full of energy and good comedy but nothing particularly planet-changing
Her stories were fun and engaging. She married her long-term partner last year (she's one of those lesbians they have now) so much of the comedy, but by no means all, came from that (e.g. a routine about titles now she's married). Her wife is Dutch so lots of (not very heavy) Brexit stuff. But lots of other material - living in Brighton ("Of COURSEI do" she exclaimed) there was lots of PC-gone-wrong stuff (worrying about whether your dog was racist for example) and an obsession about people abandoning things next to, but not in, the communal bins.
Nice conclusion though - having never fitted in anywhere she found herself now happy and accepting and not feeling the need to fit in with anything, a brief and unexpected happy moment. Struck a chord ...
Recommended as she's a very funny comic, but not hugely memorable.

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